Background Subintimal angioplasty (SIA) is often utilized to cross femoropopliteal (FP) artery
chronic total occlusions (CTOs). Re-entry devices (RED) can further assist with true lumen re …

Introduction During subintimal angioplasty (SIA), it is not always possible to re-enter the
vessel lumen due to a variety of factors. Recanalization using hydrophilic wires and …

Background and Objectives: In patients with peripheral artery disease, there is insufficient
understanding of characteristics that predict successful revascularization of the lower …

Purpose: To examine whether an antegrade or retrograde crossing strategy for treatment of
iliac artery chronic total occlusions (CTOs) is associated with differences in procedural or …

Objective Our aim was to evaluate the efficacy and safety outcomes of the Pioneer Plus
catheter (Philips, San Diego, Calif) and report the in-hospital and 30-day outcomes of lower …

Background Management of iliac artery occlusive disease has changed dramatically over
the past few decades. Secondary to advancement in endovascular technologies and …

Endovascular approach is the first-choice treatment in patients suffering from aortoiliac
occlusions. Nevertheless, standard endoluminal revascularization fails in treating occlusions …

Background The iliac occlusive disease is usually treated with endovascular procedures in
recent years. The effectiveness of different crossing approaches for these occlusions is not …

Background To describe a technique in which 2 5-F curved catheters were used to facilitate
the wire-catheter approach for recanalizing chronic total occlusions (CTOs) in the iliac …

The efficacy of multimodality image fusion road-mapping technique for endovascular
therapy has been reported recently. Our aim was to evaluate the efficacy of endovascular …